Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Women Knits & Woven Tops
Hybrid (Bengaluru / Gurugram)Full-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Senior Manager, Global Procurement responsible for owning cost structures and savings for Women Knits & Woven Tops, driving competitive costing, supply continuity, and alignment with innovation and sustainability goals. Reports to the Head of Procurement.
Responsibilities
- Procurement Category Strategy: Define and execute the commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy for assigned categories to improve margins as Quince scales. Establish short- and long-term procurement targets aligned to business growth.
- Consistently deliver exceptional product cost without sacrificing product quality or ESG considerations, including Procurement.
- Partner with the technology team to embed procurement capabilities and playbook into the Vendor Portal and Product Catalog tools.
- Identify and deliver 700 bps product cost reductions over the next 12 months.
- RFP Ownership & Execution: Structure and run competitive, end-to-end bidding processes to secure optimal cost and commercial terms with manufacturing partners. Own the full lifecycle from vendor identification through award.
- Deliver immediate, best-in-class product cost savings through rigorous negotiation, while institutionalizing repeatable negotiation frameworks.
- Build AI agent to help run RFP systematically in 2026 with scenario analyses capability.
- Clean Sheet & Buy Plan Approvals: Create and utilize component-level clean sheets to drive pricing transparency; review and approve cost solutions for all buy events.
- Upstream Sourcing: Partner with Material Manager, Sourcing Teams and Tier 1/2 vendors to align on material benefits in finished goods costing.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate upstream material availability into product design and development cycles for early-stage cost optimization.
- Value Creation: Identify opportunities to reshape the supply chain, including verticalization and volume consolidation, to extract additional financial value.
Qualifications
- 12-15 years of experience in global procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management in retail apparel environment
- Proven track record running competitive RFP processes with international manufacturing partners
- Hands-on experience building and leveraging clean sheets for cost negotiation
- Strong analytical skills and comfort with data-driven decision making
- Experience working cross-functionally with merchandising, materials, and production teams
- Technical aptitude for leveraging AI-powered platforms (e.g., LLMs) to conduct scenario analysis and automate complex procurement tasks
- Excellent negotiation skills and commercial acumen
- Experience in apparel, soft goods, or home goods strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree a plus
Skills
Required:Procurement strategyRFP managementCost engineering / clean sheetsNegotiation
Nice to have:AI / scenario analysis
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Reasonable accommodations available on request
- Background checks as part of employment process
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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